Bag-holder.



I. F. REED.

BAG HOLDER.

APPLIUATIQN FILED APR.12, 1913.

1,086,218. Patented Feb. 3,1914.

IRA F. REED, OF JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

1 BAG-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

Application filed April 12, 1913. Serial No. 760,684.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, IRA F. REED, a citizen of the United States, residingat J ohns town, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Bag-Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to bag holders.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a simple, cheaplyconstructed and eflicient device of this character which may beconveniently supported upon barrels, boxes or other like supports.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a simple andefiicientdevice of this character wherein the bag may be readily placedupon and held in proper position for filling and removed from the holderin a minimum length of time.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of a device ofthis character having a pivoted clamping band with means for pivotallyconnecting the band to a supporting band in such manner that the sack ispermitted to hang over the sides of the supporting band and be held inposition thereon by the clamping band.

Further objects of the invention will appear as the followingdescription is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, whichforms a part of this application, and in which Figure 1 is a sideelevation. Fig. 2 is a front elevation. Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Fig.1 is a sectional view on line X--X, Fig. 3 with a supported bag.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 represents an open-endedbag supporting band over which the upper edge of the bag is adapted tofold. Secured to the side of the band opposite the open ends is asubstantially U-chaped bracket frame 2 whose legs extend above the upperedge of the band 1 and are bent back in the form of supporting hooks 3which are adapted to engage over the edge of the barrel, box or othersimilar support and hold the supporting band 1 in horizontal position,the bracket 2 bearing against the sides of the barrel, box or othersupport. Secured to the inner side of the band immediately ad-' jacentthe bracket 2 is a hook plate 4. having a rearwardly and downwardly benthook 5 over which the sack is adapted to be engaged, as will behereinafter described.

Secured to and depending from diametrically opposite sides of the band 1are substantially U-shaped spring members 6, one leg of which is securedto the band 1 and the opposite leg of which has pivoted thereto asemi-circular clamping band 7 having a manipulating handle 8 arrangedintermediate its ends and a pluralitv of clamping and limiting hooks 9secured thereto and adapted to engage over the band 1, as will bereadily understood. It will be noticed that the ends of'thc clampingband 7 are laterally offset, as shown at 10, so as to bring the clampingband close to the supporting band, whereby the folded edge of the sackwill be bound against the band 1 and thereby prevented from slipping.

In practice, the sack is placed over the hook 5 and its upper edgefolded over the band 1 extending down between the legs of the U-shapedsprings 6. The clamping band is then thrown down into a plane commonwith the supporting band so as to bind the edges of the sack against theclamping band. The inwardly and downwardly turned hooks 9 also assist inclamping the sack to the supporting band and at the sametime limit thedownward movement of the clamping band.

hat is claimed is A bag holder comprising a hooked bracket, anopen-ended band secured thereto, substantially U-shaped springsdepending from andeach having one leg secured at its terminal to theside of the band, a semi-circular clamping member adapted to extend overthe open end of the supporting band and having its ends pivotallyconnected to the free ends of the springs, limiting and clamping hookscarried by the clamping member and adapted to engage over the supportingband, and a handle on the clamping member intermediate its ends.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

IRA F. REED.

Vitnesses:

JE-ssE R. WILSON, ROY BRENDLINGER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

. Washington, D. G.

